{"id":12625,"date":"2015-10-02T06:33:01","date_gmt":"2015-10-02T06:33:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=12625"},"modified":"2015-10-02T06:33:01","modified_gmt":"2015-10-02T06:33:01","slug":"leaves-for-the-girls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=12625","title":{"rendered":"Leaves for the girls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My friend Jackie gave me a bag of autumn leaves for the girls as well as bag of greens from the allotment for them. Yesterday afternoon I tipped the autumn leaves in the run for them to scratch through.<\/p>\n<p>As always they approached with caution at first but soon started scratching, pecking and spreading them around. The leaves entertained them all afternoon right up until bedtime.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_12641\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/SDC17302.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12641\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12641\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/SDC17302.jpg\" alt=\"Toffee and Barley were the first to approach the leaves\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/SDC17302.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/SDC17302-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-12641\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Toffee and Barley were the first to approach the leaves<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_12642\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/SDC17306.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12642\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12642\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/SDC17306.jpg\" alt=\"Butterscotch, Emerald and Honey also investigate\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/SDC17306.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/SDC17306-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-12642\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Butterscotch, Emerald and Honey also investigate<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_12643\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/SDC17312.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12643\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12643\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/SDC17312.jpg\" alt=\"Toffee and Honey soon have the leaves spread around\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/SDC17312.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/SDC17312-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-12643\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Toffee and Honey soon have the leaves spread around<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_12644\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/SDC17319.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12644\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12644\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/SDC17319.jpg\" alt=\"Toffee and Honey remained interested even after the leaves had been spread around\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/SDC17319.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/SDC17319-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-12644\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Toffee and Honey remained interested even after the leaves had been spread around<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_12645\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/SDC17325.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12645\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12645\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/SDC17325.jpg\" alt=\"Before bedtime the girls have a last scratch in the leaves\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/SDC17325.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/SDC17325-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-12645\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Before bedtime the girls have a last scratch in the leaves<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_12646\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/SDC17326.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12646\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12646\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/SDC17326.jpg\" alt=\"They have now spread the leaves over the entire run\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/SDC17326.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/SDC17326-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-12646\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">They have now spread the leaves over the entire run<\/p><\/div>\n<p>What a lot of fun can be had from a bag of leaves. The girls say &#8220;Thank you Jackie&#8221;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My friend Jackie gave me a bag of autumn leaves for the girls as well as bag of greens from the allotment for them. Yesterday afternoon I tipped the autumn leaves in the run for them to scratch through. 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